Description of project by padilla nicás arquitectos
The project consists of the volumetric and material definition for the new buildings to be realized in the Extension of the Sewage Treatment Plant of San Claudio, near Oviedo; New buildings whose position and function to perform within the Station are established by the Engineering and Hydraulics Project for water treatment.
Being therefore fixed the positions of each element and being known the needs of free heights in the different parts of each building (according to hoists, crane bridges, vertical pumps opening or accesses of machinery and spare parts) our objective is to provide the new Buildings of volumes that respect the rural environment in which they are located that meet the needs of use and heights demanded, using materials of low cost and simple maintenance.
We can distinguish two types of new constructions:
Small sized chests that serve as an access point to underground pipelines. They are three and are made in colored concrete to facilitate their identification inside the station.
Buildings made in metal structure supported on the large concrete vats in situ through which circulates and is treated the water. There are two, Pretreatment and Reagents. These buildings of notable size are covered with embossed aluminum with the intention of dematerializing their volume reducing their impact.
The broken silhouette of the proposal is related to those of the hamlet around it and the change of material in the fronts reduces its scale. Block of concrete plaster and translucent polycarbonate allow its integration and natural lighting.
The square holes of uncertain size due to their lack of detail confuse the viewer about the true size of the main building.
The whole is a cocktail of different buildings forced to understand each other in a green and privileged rural environment.
Francisco José Padilla Alonso (Madrid 1971) and Juan Manuel Nicás Caballero (Jaen 1975) formed padilla nicás in 2003 after meeting at Rafael Moneo´s office, where they worked as partners on various projects in Spain and the USA.
Currently their professional work combines design commissions at different scales, competitions and occasional teaching activities.
Francisco José Padilla, architectural license received from the ETSAM in 1997, began his career in the architectural firms of Andrés Perea, Pedro Feduchi and Ángel Fernández Alba before joining Rafael Moneo.
Juan Manuel Nicás, architectural license received from the ETSAG in 1999 with the National Prize for the Thesis Project, with a scholarship to the Academy of Spain in Rome before joining Rafael Moneo.
